Safety-razor.



H. R. WADE.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.5,1910.

1,000,059, Patented Au .8,1911.

Qxmmeooao v v atio 41213 but HARRY E. WADE, OF TOLEDO, QHIO, ASSIGNOR T 3'. HUGHES.

SAFETY-Renee.

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To all whomit Conan-n: I i

Be it known that I, HARRY R.

ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented new -and useful-lin si1nple,novel, and inexpensive device of this character which can be instantly adjusted,

with respect to the handle, to various posi tions, adapting the razor -to rightpand left hand usage with ease and facility.

A. further object of the invention is' to reduce the number of parts, and to simplify such parts to a minimum extent, while yet malntalnlng a maximum degree of efilclency required of a device of this type Still furtherthe invention aims to--provide means of simple character for allowing the removal and replacement of theblades which will .be easily and quickly operable, and which will positively and securely hold the blade in its normal position.

Furtherand other objcctswill be later set forth and of themselves manifested.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a rear. elevation of the lI1VQl'itl0l1,Fl-g$. 2, 3, 1 and 5 are similar views showing the device adjusted in difi'ercnt positions for varying uses required in a shaving operation, Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the device, Fig; 7, is a section taken 'on'line 7-7 of Fig. '1 and Fig.

'8 is a similzir view taken on line 88'0f Big. 1. The invention includes a base plate 1 which is formed at one end with ears 2, 2,

-' these ears being arranged in spaced relation as shown in the drawings. A locking bar- 3 is provided at one end with a perforated ear e which is received between the ears 2, 2, a

pin 16 as shown in 8' being passed throughthe openings in the ears 2, 2, and lwhereby ahinge connection 'lS formed betweenthe locking bar 3 and the base plate 1.

with a catch member 5 which is end of beseplate 1.'-- Lugs or protuberances' 17 are formed on the last named end of'base plate 1., and engage the opposite ends cfthe catch member-5, thus holding the latter in immovable position in a lateralfiireetioii,

I lVAnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- Specificationiof Letters latent. Patented Angufi, 1911: Application filed January 5, 1910. Serial m. 536,551; 7

11nd also serving as guides when the-catch n ember 5 is being sprung or moved into posltion. l I v The base member 1 is formed'nt its lower end with. a guard 6 and-is further formed with end lugs 15, the function of-which is to engage the opposite end of the cutting blade let, the inner end of which blade leis also engaged by stops 2?.) as shown in'F-ig. 6. It will thus be apparent that the stops'QO, 20, and the guide lugs 15, 15, serve to position the blade 1e withfrelation to the base plate -1, maintainingthe same in PIOPEI'lIllIIQIHQDC to allow the locking bar Soto be snapped into position, it being understood that theblade His thereby clamped between the locking bar-3 and the base plate 1.

The base plate 1 18 formed on its rear face with a plurality of indentures or depressions 12, the number -of indentures depending j upon the number of different positions.

which the handle is to be capable of being adjusted to. In the presentc ase five of such indentures or depressions 12 have been illustrated. Adaptedto be snapped or sprung into the indentures 12 is st-teat or-projection 11 carried bythe handle bearing arm 9 and formed thereon by bending out a small part ofthe metal at the outer end wall formed bya longitudinal slot 18 in one end of arm 9 as clearly illustrated in Fig; 7. A-screw or rivet 13 passes through thearm 9 at a point at the innerend of slot 18, the: screw or rivetbeing se'cured to baseplate 1 thereby pivotally uniting the arm 9 to such base plate.

In order to'provide a spring-llke actlon for the teat 11,.whereby the latter is resili ently held in any one of the depressions 12,

the'slotted end of arm 9 is bowed or arched upwardly as depicted in Fig.7, the when most or free endof ern19 being given a.

slight upward bend or inclination as at 20 in order to provide a seat for the thumb of the users hand in edgustn g the arm to its various positions. The inner end of arm 9 is likewise givensn upward inclination and is forinedflwith a s lit spring sleeve 8 adept-. ed to fric'tionally told end clamp the inner end of the hundlemeinber 7.

By inspect-ion of Figs. 1 to 5 of the draw ingsjit will s observed that the handle meznber' '2" can be adjusted to jfive di liierent positions, Fig.5 showing the'device adapted left bend nee, Fig. & tlitlicting the device in position for right hand use, while Figs. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate the device adapted for use with either the right or left hand. It will further be seen that the device is literally constituted of but two parts, namely the holder and the blade which is a desideratum in a device of this particular.

yp a What is claimed as new is: 1. In a safety razor, a holder including a base plate formedwith a plurality of indentures, a spring handle carrying member piv- .7 oted to the base plate, andformed with a bowed portion and a longitudinal slot which extends through the bowed portion, the metal at the outer end wall formed by said slot being bent outwardly to form a teat adapted to project in one ofsaid indentures, and means for securing a blade to said base plate.-

2. A safety razor including a base plate,

spaced ears on one end of the base ,plate,

a locking bar, an ear on one end of the locking bar received in said space between the first named ears, a pin passed through all of said ears whereby the locking bar is hingedly related to the base plate, a catch member on the opposite end of said locking bar adapted to snap over the opposite end i of the base plate, and guide lugs on the last named end of the base plate adapted to en- 4. Ina safety razor,'in combination with i a holder including a substantially flat base plate, formed with a series of depressions, anarm pivoted to the base plate and having its outer free end provided with a teat to enter one of the depressions, said outer end of the arm being resilient to allow said teat to be moved from one depression to another by a mere partial rotating movement of the arm. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' HARRY R. WADE lVitnesses:

J AMnsL. CRAWFORD, Roma A. Rnnss. 

